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CLOTHES PIN. V No. 265,461. Patented Oct. 3, 1882.

WITNESSES: INVENTOI? Y ATTORNEYS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS A. SWEET, OF CAMBRIA, CALIFORNIA.

CLOTH ES-Pl N.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,461, dated October3, 1882,

Application filed May 29, 1882.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, TnoMAs A. SWEET, ofOa-mbria, in the county of San Luis ()bispo and State of California,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Pins; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being badto the accompanyingdrawin gs. which form a part of this specification,and in which Figure l is a perspective view ofmy improved clothes pin01' holder detached from the clothesline. Fig 2 is a view of a portionof a clotheshne with the holders and an article of clothing suspendedupon the line; and Fig. 3'is a perspective view, on an enlarged scale,otthe lower end of the holder with a piece of clothing inserted betweenits clamping ends.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to devices for clamping or holding clothingupon the clothesline, (generically known as clothes-pins 5) and itconsists in the detailed construction of a wire sprin g-clam p adaptedfor such purpose, as hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the clothes-line, which issuitably suspended in the usual manner. The clamp or holder is made ofwire, which is looped to form an eye, a, through which the lineisinserted. The free ends of the wire are then bent at right angles, orapproximately so, to form knees B B, the arms B B" of which converge attheir outer ends, where one, B, is bent to form a loop or eye, 1/, whilethe other, B, is bent to form a hook-shaped projection, b, which willproject into the loop b when the outer ends of the legs B B are crossed.

The article ofclothing(shown at O) is doubled over the line in the usualmanner, and held in place by being clamped between the crossed legsBandB,aselearlyshownin thedrawings.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States- A wire clothes clamp or holderconsisting of a piece of wire bent in the middle to form a spring loopor eye, a, with its free ends bent to form converging legs B and B,provided respectively with an eye, b, and hook I) at the outer ends,substantially as and for the purpose herein shown aud described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS A. SWEET.

Witnesses:

B. H. FRANKLIN, MERIT UTLEY.

